California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 1766 — Examination of prospective jurors.

Last action — Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

(1) In civil trials, existing law requires a trial judge to examine prospective jurors, and, upon completion of the judge's examination, grants counsel for each party the right to examine, by oral and direct questioning, any prospective juror in order to enable counsel to intelligently exercise peremptory challenges and challenges for cause. Existing law provides that the judge in civil trials should provide the parties with both the alphabetical list and the list of prospective jurors in the order in which they will be called. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. (2) Under existing law, which was enacted by initiative measure, in a criminal case, the court is required to conduct the examination of prospective jurors, except that the court may permit the parties, upon a showing of good cause, to conduct a further inquiry. The initiative measure provides that it may be amended by a measure enacted by a 23 vote of each house. This bill would, until January 1, 2022, in criminal trials, require the court to provide the complete names of prospective jurors to counsel for each party, as specified. The bill would also require the court and counsel for each party to address a prospective juror using a number assigned by the court, by the prospective juror's first name and first initial of his or her last name, or by his or her title and last name, as determined by the court in each criminal trial. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  2. Vetoed by Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5808.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4877.).

  7. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28).

  10. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  11. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  12. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4147.)

  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  15. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 29).

  16. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  17. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  18. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  19. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

  20. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.

  22. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

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Votes

AB 1766 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 68002
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Chang — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Chau — Yea
Linder — Yea
Gray — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Campos — Yea
Olsen — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Ting — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Special Consent AB1766 Mark Stone By Block

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34002
Democratic 3000
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hall — Not Voting
Hancock — Not Voting
Hertzberg — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea

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AB 1766 STONE Assembly Third Reading

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69001
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 78001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Salas — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Campos — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Gray — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Medina — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8001
Republican 1000
Total 9001
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Alejo — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chau — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1766 do?
(1) In civil trials, existing law requires a trial judge to examine prospective jurors, and, upon completion of the judge's examination, grants counsel for each party the right to examine, by oral and direct questioning, any prospective juror in order to enable counsel to intelligently exercise peremptory challenges and challenges for cause. Existing law provides that the judge in civil trials should provide the parties with both the alphabetical list and the list of prospective jurors in the order in which they will be called. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. (2) Under existing law, which was enacted by initiative measure, in a criminal case, the court is required to conduct the examination of prospective jurors, except that the court may permit the parties, upon a showing of good cause, to conduct a further inquiry. The initiative measure provides that it may be amended by a measure enacted by a 23 vote of each house. This bill would, until January 1, 2022, in criminal trials, require the court to provide the complete names of prospective jurors to counsel for each party, as specified. The bill would also require the court and counsel for each party to address a prospective juror using a number assigned by the court, by the prospective juror's first name and first initial of his or her last name, or by his or her title and last name, as determined by the court in each criminal trial. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Who sponsors AB 1766?
AB 1766 is sponsored by Mark Stone.
What is the current status of AB 1766?
This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 1766?
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